Shrink wrapping machines and films what are they

Posted on 22.06.2016 |
Updated on 16.11.2017 |

Here are some pointers that will help along the way to perfectly shrink wrapping your products.

So you want to start shrink wrapping your products:

Shrink wrap film can be one of the options available to enhance, protect and create value in products, used either to display on a shelf or for safe distribution of your products. Shrink wrap is also a good way of holding a number of products together. You will often see new DVD's, books and other consumer goods packaged in shrink film ready for sale.

There are 3 types of shrink wrapping film most widely available in the UK; Polyolefin shrink wrapping film, PVC Shrink wrap film and Polythene shrink film. Polythene tends to be mainly used for transit packaging whilst the PVC and Polyolefin are used for protection and presentation purposes.

Quite often the types of shrink wrapping films are driven by cost of machinery, foot print of machine and availability of electrical supply. The 25 years+ experience we have in shrink wrapping, makes us able to offer advice and provide a shrink wrapping solution that will provide you with a cost effective method of shrink wrapping your product. This will include our recommended machine and film to suit your product and situation.

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